You can use OEDA to perform a deployment on an Oracle Exadata Rack that is already configured with a non-default root password.

Oracle Exadata Deployment Assistant (OEDA) enables deployment on Oracle Exadata Racks that already have non-default root passwords. Using the following options, you can perform the deployment without having to change the root password back to the default:

• If non-default passwords are already set, you can add the -p option to the existing command line options when you run the OEDA deployment script (install.sh). For example:

  ./install.sh -cf <config.xml> -s 1 -p

  The -p option instructs OEDA to prompt for the root password when required. Using this feature, you can perform a deployment on a system that has a different root password on each server in the system. Ensure you enter the correct password because an incorrect password disables root access for 10 minutes, and after 5 failed login attempts, the server is locked down.

• Alternatively, you can use the genPasswordHash.sh command to store a password hash, which OEDA can use to perform secure login to Exadata servers with non-default root passwords. In this case, all of the servers must use the same root password. See Using the OEDA genPasswordHash Utility.